Russia releases Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs to Budapest, drawing Kyiv's ire
The Straits Times
BUDAPEST, March 5 - Two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war who were released by Russia to Budapest arrived in the country early on Thursday, drawing condemnation from Kyiv as \"provocation\" as the POWs were also dual citizens of Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BUDAPEST, March 5 - Two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war who were released by Russia to Budapest arrived in the country early on Thursday, drawing condemnation from Kyiv as "provocation" as the POWs were also dual citizens of Ukraine.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto secured their release at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, a day after Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban held a phone call with the Russian leader over the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, and energy supplies for Hungary.
The move drew Ukraine's ire, with its prisoner exchange coordination committee calling it a Russian "provocation."
"The transfer of two Ukrainian prisoners by Russia to the Hungarian side is a gross violation of international humanitarian law," it said on the Telegram messaging app.
Both Putin and the Hungarian foreign ministry have referred to the POWs as dual citizens of Hungary and Ukraine.
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